It was a big night for ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ as well.
The first half of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles this weekend, kicking off the biggest awards season of the year for the TV industry. The primetime Emmys will be held next weekend, but we’re here to celebrate nonfiction, and it was a big night for reality-based programming.
Ava Duvernay went home happy as 13th took home several awards, including Outstanding Documentary/Nonfiction Special. Elsewhere, David Attenborough’s Planet Earth II also enjoyed success, as did O.J. Made In America, while RuPaul’s Drag Race took home a few honors for reality series categories.
You can find out all the winners below:
Outstanding Documentary/Nonfiction Series
Planet Earth II
Outstanding Documentary/Nonfiction Special
13th
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
LA 92
Outstanding Informational Program or Series
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Shark Tank
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
United Shades of America
Outstanding Narrator
Meryl Streep, Five Came Back
Outstanding Reality Host
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Outstanding Music and Lyrics
Common, Robert Glasper, and Karriem Riggins, 13th (“Letter to the Free”)
Outstanding Music Direction
Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America
Outstanding Nonfiction Writing
Ava DuVernay and Spencer Averick, 13th
Outstanding Nonfiction Directing
Ezra Edelman, O.J.: Made in America
Outstanding Reality Casting
Born This Way
Outstanding Choreography
Mandy Moore, So You Think You Can Dance
Outstanding Nonfiction Cinematography
Planet Earth II
Outstanding Reality Cinematography
Born This Way
Outstanding Variety/Nonfiction Costumes
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Outstanding Nonfiction Picture Editing
O.J.: Made in America
Outstanding Reality Picture Editing (Structured/Competition)
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Outstanding Reality Picture Editing (Unstructured)
Life Below Zero
Outstanding Nonfiction Sound Editing
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction/Reality Series
Viceland at the Women’s March
Outstanding Motion Design (Tied)
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
13th
